Learning and Innovation of Chinese Firms
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Despite enjoying rapid economic growth in previous decades, learning and innovation of Chinese firms has received relatively limited attention among management and international business scholars in the past. However, some significant changes in the Chinese institutional environment have occurred in recent years. On one hand, the Chinese central government has devised a number of policy initiatives to promote and support innovative activities in China, ranging from the βMass Entrepreneurship and Innovation by Allβ to the latest βMade in China 2025β. On the other hand, we have witnessed an increasing number of indigenous Chinese firms (e.g. Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, Huawei and DJI) adopting business model innovation with global inputs and impacts in different business sectors, namely electronic commerce, telecommunication network equipment, social media, mobile payment and drones.
In view of these recent developments, we aim to further our understanding about the learning and innovation processes of Chinese firms in this edited volume.
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Jacky Hong is a Professor of Management at the University of Macau. He received his PhD from Lancaster University. His research interests fall into the areas of organizational learning, knowledge management in multinational firms and management of Chinese enterprises. He has recently written and edited books on the subjects: Organizational Learning in Asia: Issues and Challenges (Elsevier) and Cross-cultural Knowledge Management (Routledge).
Shenxue Li is a senior lecturer in strategy at the University of Kent, UK. Her research focuses on knowledge management, organizational learning, dynamic capabilities, core competence development, and cultural and institutional distance. Her empirical research examines the nature, mechanisms, processes, and internal and external conditions of learning, knowledge management, and capability development of Western MNCs operating in China. Her work appears in both academic and practitioner oriented journals.
